Rockpool has sold North American rights to Sea Melodies (Jessica Le) and The Bohemian Animal Tarot (Scott King).

Children’s

Hardie Grant Egmont has sold North American rights to The Witching Hours: The Vampire Knife and The Witching Hours: The Troll Heart (both Jack Henseleit) to Little, Brown and Company in a two-book deal; North American rights to Axel & Beast: The Omega Operationand Axel & Beast: Castle of Cyborgs (both by Adrian C Bott); Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish rights to A Billie B Mystery: Stolen Stash and A Billie B Mystery: Treasure Hunt (both Sally Rippin); simplified Chinese rights to Tintinnabula (Margo Lanagan & Rovina Cai); simplified Chinese rights to Two Bad Teddies (Kilmeny Niland); and complex Chinese hardback rights to The Second Sky (Patrick Guest & Jonathan Bentley).

Scholastic Australia has sold US rights to Piranhas Don’t Eat Bananas (Aaron Blabey); Spanish rights to The Bad Guys Episode Three and The Bad Guys Episode Four (both Aaron Blabey); Japanese rights to Mopoke (Philip Bunting); and French rights to Mutt Dog (Stephen Michael King).

Acquisitions

Nonfiction

HarperCollins has acquired world rights to an as-yet-untitled autobiography by rugby league player Jonathan Thurston, via Sam Ayoub of Ultra Management (Sports).